Americans Confused By Cloud Computing - 51% of people polled think the weather affects the cloud

[tecelote]

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Source: Citrix

51% of people polled think that the weather affects "The Cloud" in computer networks... including a majority of Millennials.

Therefore... global warming has to be a concern.

Sure, choices made from ignorance are not the best support you can get but...

http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2328309


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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Conditions are dire ... educational conditions, commonsense is less common ... nt

[alp227]

2. Please edit the post to be titled with the actual title "Most Americans Confused By Cloud Computing"

[tecelote]

3. Thanks.

[harmonicon]

4. I'm so glad that I already had a headache before reading that.

This way, it goes down smoother.

[RedStateLiberal]

5. They can easily test that theory by...

taking their devices outside in the rain to download their data.

[wilt the stilt]

6. I'm not the least bit surprised

the nation is full of idiots.

[KamaAina]

7. You're sure that's not from The Onion?

Then again, someone posted a picture of sunset on Mars from Curiosity, and got this reply: "I didn't know Mars had a sun!"

[surrealAmerican]

12. This has got to be a parody.

... and a good, funny one at that.

[BlueJazz]

8. What idiot would want to put their files in the cloud ????

It gets a little stormy and all your files get soaking wet. Screw that stuff.
If I could put them in a nice plastic bag, I might reconsider

[tecelote]

9. Plastic bags collect moisture.

Come on... Join the cloud and assimilate!

[Dont call me Shirley]

10. The gop has broken our A+ education system over the past 30 years,

so it's no surprise 51% of people think the weather actually affects their phoney "Cloud".

[wordpix]

11. lmao, and these people are voters, too

No wonder O and Rmoney are neck and neck

[tecelote]

14. Less education means less competition for top jobs.

Rising to the top is no longer an American GOP objective. Keep the top at the top. That's the GOP platform.

[DontTreadOnMe]

13. really sad... Idiocracy at Full Speed

How much longer until math and science become elective courses in High School?

[defacto7]

23. Listening to NPR while driving

yesterday, I heard some guy actually arguing the non-necessity of high school Algebra as a requirement. I couldn't believe it.

I don't know what show it was or I'd give a link...

[Igel]

15. I'm stunned.

I've met my fall classes.

I would have thought the number would be that at least 65 or 70% were clueless.

51%? Not so bad.

[tecelote]

16. McDonald's is hiring now.

Why get a college education and end up in debt?

Too good for McDonald's?

Home Depot is Hiring.

[KamaAina]

17. Well, that explains why the Bay Area is the center of the high-tech world

here, the cloud (fog) comes right down to the ground in places.

[tecelote]

18. That fog covers America

The pursuit of profit has once again blinded us.

[Major Nikon]

19. It does

When the weather knocks down the pole carrying the internet or power cable to your house, it certainly has an effect on your cloud computing.

[hedgehog]

20. OTOH - my net connection tends to go bad during wind storms.......

[DisgustipatedinCA]

21. I'm a network engineer, and I blame marketing departments

There's no clear explanation for what "the cloud" is. For some, it means nothing more than "remote storage". For others, it means highly redundant, with geographical separation and anycast/vmotion/other "move-the-failed-server-to-somewhere-else" strategies.

Granted, the cloud relation to weather seems kind of ridiculous, but I'm not at all surprised that people are confused by what actually does and does not constitute "the cloud".

[Celebration]

22. I so agree with this

What do they expect, naming it "cloud"?

[curlyred]

24. How many are republicans?

Some crucial information missing here.

[4saken]

25. Not that surprising considering how few use computers.

And a majority of those who do, just for very basic things like email and facebook. The metaphor "cloud" wouldn't be that intuitive or obvious.

Especially considering the satellite internet connections that are actually affected by weather.

[cyberswede]

26. Locking...

This is from Tuesday, and isn't really from a news source. You may wish to repost in GD.